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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
2
Mr and Mrs N E Skip Baumann reopen Baumann s Shoe Shop at 303 Minnesota Baytown at the same site they held for 17 years. The shop will continue to specialize in shoe repair leather goods work shoes boots shoe dying and all leather accessories.
A brief stock quote update appears under Noon Call, featuring quotes and market notes provided by Dempray Tegeler and Company, Inc. The item presents concise share price movements and notable ticker disclosures in a compact, period-voice style.
The Highlands St Jude's Church group elected officers for two-year terms at its September meeting. Mrs. M Ripkowski was elected president, with Mrs. Nick Listi Jr. as first vice president, Mrs. EuGene Zadropa as secretary, and Mrs. James Stasney as treasurer. The group plans a Christmas card sale and activities under Father Maurice Cho. The Altar Society observed its 20th anniversary with a luncheon and will install officers in October. A Home Demonstration Club meeting covered low cost foods and meal planning, with a hob o party planned for Saturday at Mrs Mack Ford's home and attendees including Mrs Joyce Holliman.
Thirty two paintings portraying the petroleum industry will be shown on the Humble Building concourse from Sept 26 to Oct 12. The exhibit coincides with the Houston Arts Festival and opening of Jesse H. Jones Hall. Curated by Black Sivalls Bryson, prizes totaled 4000 dollars.
IRNs meeting will be at Gulf Coast Hospital cafe at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs Joan Johnson discusses Future Nurses Clubs in two high schools. VFW Women’s Auxiliary district meeting set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Texas State Hotel Houston. Gold Star Mothers to be honored at 10 a.m. A social at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 hosted by Mrs C W Hastings at 209 E Humble.
A hospital note lists numerous admissions including Lisa Jean Simpson and Tammie Cox at Gulf Coast with room numbers 104 and 103. Other patients include Roy L. Fleischman in Mont Belvieu Room 206, Van Parrish Highlands Room 123, and Albert Johnson at San Jacinto Methodist Room 335. Additional entries name Corene Waldrip and Sophia Ellis among many in Houston Dickinson Crosby and nearby towns.
Baytown Sun lists this week's Baytown team football games with start times and venues across Memorial Stadium Cedar Bayou Stadium and Texas City Stadium. Matchups include Robert E. Lee Junior Varsity versus Texas City Junior Varsity, Ross Sterling Volunteers versus Pasadena Freshmen, and Hobert E Lee versus Texas City among others.
Dr Murray promoted to research specialist in Esso Research and Engineering Co Baytown division. He works on mathematical simulation and correlation techniques for pilot and commercial scale catalytic cracking. He holds BS MS PhD in chemical engineering from Iowa State and belongs to several honor societies and AIChE. He and his wife live at 4811 St Andrews with sons Jeffrey and Scott. He teaches Sunday School at First Presbyterian and serves as Junior Achievement advisor and director of local clubs and professional societies.
U S pilots raided ground targets in North Vietnam during 121 missions as jets, planes, naval guns, and artillery pounded a major North Vietnamese supply center near a village with trenches and bunkers. Cumulative U S combat deaths rose to 5,130, with 3,282 killed and 19,360 wounded this year, amid reports of enemy casualties and a new Huntsville operation near Phu Lai by the 1st Infantry Division.
The Labor Department shows August consumer prices up four tenths of a percent led by higher food, auto and medical care costs. The CPI climbs to 113.8, meaning 312.33 buys what $10 did in 1957-59.
Baytown Humble Oil and Refining Co. workers received preventive medicine after a fellow pipefitter was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. Company and city health officials stated the situation is not highly alarming, though precautions were promptly issued for those who had contact with the patient. The man, hospitalized since August 12, is said to be doing well, and officials noted the contagion risk is likely past.
Channelview School District raised its tax rate by 17 cents to 192 per 100 of assessed valuation, aiming to generate 466,522 in revenue this year to support a 1,226,409 budget adopted Aug 16. The increase funds a larger instructional budget and debt retirement on a 2,102,000 bond issue, with operating and debt shares adjusted. Superintendent Schochler cited a 3 cent operating-levy drop and a 3,276,029 rise in total district valuation to 26,650,569 for 1965.
The Baytown Human Relations Council survey team conducts door to door checks to assess economic and scholastic status for federal aid. Team members including Mrs Wilder and Rev Charles Teykl gather data without names to help Houston Harris County Economic Opportunity Organiza tion target funds. Representatives from all 10 Harris County councils plan a 7 30 p m discussion in Houston Monday.
A Masonic workshop sponsored by Baytown Lodge 1357 Houston Morning Lodge 1360 and Daylight Lodge 1288 is set for Saturday October 1 at 9 30 am in Goose Creek Lodge Building 303 West Texas Center La Porte Chairman George H Webb states attendees from three lodges have been invited to participate.
ROBERT R. TUCK VFW Post 912 distributes bumper stickers in red white and blue urging support for American servicemen in Viet Nam. The stickers read Back the Boys in Viet Nam VFW Post 912 and can be obtained by calling C. W. Hastings at 582 2402.
The flood control committee of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce will present at the Friday noon luncheon at the Holiday Inn. The discussion covers U S Corps hurricane protection projects on the Gulf Coast and Baytown flood control plans. committee chairman Gene Muller leads with members Andy Braswell Fritz Lanham Fletcher Hickerson and A J Busch Jr.
Special home clinic at Sheley Lumber Co offers classes in antiquing wood toning and decoupage. The first session is 7 30 p m Thursday Sept 22 with further Thursday nights every other week for several weeks. reservations requested. no charge.
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